Stakebake, Andrew J – Stanley, Henry Morton
Stakebake, Andrew J
soldier, educator, lawyer, legislator, was born March 16, 1843, in Preble county, Ohio.
During the civil war he served three years as a soldier in company E, thirty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry; and was totally disabled in the left arm by a gunshot at Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, 1863. For many years he was engaged in missionary work; was county school superintendent; president of the city school board of Winchester. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Indiana at Winchester; has served two terms as deputy prosecuting attorney; one term as deputy county treasurer; and two terms during 1893-95 as representative in the Indiana state legislature.
Staley, Cady
civil engineer, college president, author, was born in 1840 in New York. He is a civil engineer, president of the Case School of Applied Science at Cleveland; and author of The Separate System of Sewerage.
Staley, Erastus H
journalist, college president, was born Feb. 6, 1830, in Tippecance county, Ind. In 1862 he was made president of the Male and Female college at Valparaiso, Ind., where he remained nearly three years. In 1872 he closed his career as a teacher, and he at once assumed the editorial control and management of the Frankfort Crescent in Frankfort, Ind.
Stall, Sylvanus
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 18, 1847, in Elizaville, N.
Y. Since 1890 he has been associate editor of the Lutheran Observer of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of Pastor's Pocket Record; Minister's Handbook to Lutheran Hymns in the Book of Worship; How to Pay Church Debts and How to Keep Churches Out of Debt; Methods of Church Work; and other works on religious subjects.
Stallings, Jesse F
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 4, 1856, in Manningham, Ala. In 1877 he graduated from the university of Alabama, and studied law at the same institution. Since 1879 he has practiced law in Greenville; was elected solicitor for the second judicial circuit in 1886 for a term of six years; and was a delegate to the national democratic convention in 1888. He was elected to the fifty-third, fifty-fourth, and fifty-fifth congresses.
Stallo, John Bernhard
lawyer, diplomat, author, was born March 16, 1823, in Germany. He is a Cincinnati lawyer, and was minister to Italy in 1885. He is the author of Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics; and General Principles of the Philosophy of Nature.
Stallworth, James A
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 7, 1822, in Conecuh county, Ala. He served in the Alabama legislature during the years 1845-48; and was twice elected solicitor for his district. He was elected a representative from Alabama to the thirty-fifth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress, but withdrew in 1861 to take part in the rebellion.
Stanard, Edwin O
merchant, congressman, was born Jan. 5, 1832, in Newport, N. H. He was elected lieutenantgovernor of Missouri in 1868; and was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-third congress.
Stanberry, William
congressman, was born in Essex county, N. J. He resided in Licking county; and was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1827 to 1833.
Stanbery, Henry
lawyer, was born Feb. 20, 1803, in New York city. He was elected by the assembly of Ohio the first attorney-general of that state in 1846; and in 1866 was appointed attorneygeneral of the United States. He died June 26, 1881, in New York city.
Stanchield, Hollis J
educator, was born Feb. 19, 1847, in Eastport, Maine.
He received his education in the Oskaloosa college, Iowa; and has been engaged in educational work for more than a quarter of a century. He has been county superintendent of schools; and filled various other public positions of trust in Rushville, Neb.
Stanchfield, Mattie Cress
poet.
She has contributed both prose and verse extensively to the periodical press; and some of her poems have been given a place in Poets of America, and other standard works.
Standeford, Elisha D
manufacturer, banker, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 28, 1831, in Jefferson county, Ky. He was elected to the state senate in 1868 and 1871 from Louisville; and was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-third congress as a democrat.
Standifer, James
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1823 to 1825, and again from 1829 to 1837. He died Aug. 24, 1836, in Kingston, Tenn.
Standish, John V. N
educator, college president, was born Feb. 26, 1825, in Woodstock, Vt. For forty years he was the honored president of the Lombard university of Galesburg, Ill. sur-
Standlee, E. Lee
physician, surgeon, was born Nov. 9, 1864, in Amity, Ark. He graduated from the American Medical college of St.
Louis, Mo., and since 1885 has practiced medicine and gery in that city.
He has since also filled the chair as professor of general pathological and surgical anatomy in the American college. He has been president of the St.
Louis Eclectic Med-
Stanford, Leland
merchant, governor, United States senator, was born March 9, 1824, in Watervliet, N. Y. In 1856 he moved to San Francisco to engage in mercantile pursuits on a large scale. He was a delegate to the republican national convention in 1860, and in 1861-63 was governor of California. As president of the Central Pacific Railroad company he superintended its construction over the mountains, building 530 miles of it in 293 days. He became interested in other railroads on the Pacific slope, in agriculture, and in manufactures.
In 1885 he was elected United States senator from California for the term of six years from March 4, 1886; and received the re-election in 1890. He died June 21, 1893, in Palo Alto, Cal.
Stanford, Richard
congressman, was born in 1769. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1797 to 1816. He died April 9, 1816, in Georgetown, D. C.
Stanley, Anthony Dumond
mathematician, author, was born April 2, 1810, in East Hartford, Conn. He was an educator who was a professor of mathematics at Yale university in 1836-53, and the author of Elementary Treatise of Spherical Geometry and Trigonometry; and Tables of Logarithms. He died March 16, 1853, in Hartford, Conn.
Stanley, David Sloan
soldier, was born June 1, 1828, in Cedar Valley, Ohio.
During 1855-61 he took part in the Indian wars; and in 1861 was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers. He subsequently won the title of brevet majorgeneral at the battle of Franklin, where he defeated Hood. He is on the retired list, and is the commander of the Soldiers' home in Washington, D. C.
Stanley, Edward
lawyer, congressman, was born about 1811 in New Berne, N. C. He served three years in the house of commons of North Carolina, and was speaker of that body. He was a representative from North Carolina to the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, thirtieth, thirty-first and thirtysecond congresses. He moved to California, where he devoted himself to the practice of law, and was recalled from there by President Lincoln in 1862 to assume the duties of military governor of North Carolina. He died July 12, 1872, in San Francisco, Cal. Medical ical society; president of the Missouri Eclectic Medical society; vice-president of the state board of health of Missouri, and is a member of the leading medical societies.
Standridge, Howell Cobb
educator, clergyman, was born Nov. 2, 1851, in White county, Ga. In 1873 he was admitted to the bar, but did not follow that profession very long. He has been principally engaged as an educator in the first free schools of Georgia, and was one of the founders of the Young Harris college and the Hiawassee High school, of which latter institution he was offered the presidency. He is a successful clergyman of Hiawassee, Ga., and has filled numerous positions of honor.
Stanley, Henry Morton
explorer, author, was born in 1840 near Denbigh, Wales. He is a celebrated African explorer. In 1855 he was adopted by a New Orleans merchant, whose name he took. He was sent by the New York Herald in search of Livingstone in 1870, and was again sent to Africa by the Herald in 1874. In 1879 he accompanied an African expedition sent by the king of the Belgians, which resulted in the establishment of the Congo Free State. He is the author of How I Found Livingstone; My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave, a study of Central Africa; Coomassie and Magdala; Through the Dark Continent; The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State; In Darkest Africa; My Dark Companions; My Early Travels in America and Asia; and Slavery and the Slave Trade in India.